Erik ten Hag and the Manchester United players are “hugely disappointed with the form and timing” with which Cristiano Ronaldo granted an interview to the English newspaper The sunreveals journalist Kaveh Solhekol of the British television station air sports🇧🇷
All elements of the structure of the Red Devils they only learned that the Portugal international had spoken to journalist Piers Morgan after Sunday’s game with Fulham, in which CR7 did not participate.
Erik Ten Hag and Manchester United players are extremely disappointed with the manner and timing of Cristiano Ronaldo’s interview. Club only learned of the interview as they prepared to fly back from London tonight after the game against Fulham. 1/3
– Kaveh Solhekol (@SkyKaveh) November 14, 2022
The Old Trafford club is now considering “all options”. Managers, staff and teammates “don’t understand why Ronaldo said what he said” and are incredibly “disappointed” that the 37-year-old “does not respect the club, coach and teammates in this way”.
Manchester United are probably now considering all their options regarding Ronaldo. Management and players don’t understand why he said what he said. They are extremely disappointed that he does not respect the club, his manager and teammates in this way. 2/3
– Kaveh Solhekol (@SkyKaveh) November 14, 2022
Solhekol despite Cristiano Ronaldo being told on Thursday that he would not be in the starting line-up against Fulham on Sunday, but would be called up. However, the footballer later claimed he was ill and ended up missing the call.
“Nobody at Manchester United respected Ronaldo – not even when he walked out of the stadium after refusing to play against Tottenham,” the journalist wrote on Twitter.
Ronaldo was told on Thursday that he would not be in the starting eleven against Fulham, but would have been in the selection. He told the club he was ill. No one at United has ever disdained Ronaldo – not even after he asked to leave and after he refused to come on as a substitute v Spurs 3/3
– Kaveh Solhekol (@SkyKaveh) November 14, 2022
Cristiano Ronaldo said in an interview with The Sun that he felt “betrayed” by Manchester United, the club he represents, and that “some people” didn’t want him in the team, not just this season but also last season.
“I don’t know if I should say this, but I don’t care. People should hear the truth: yes, I felt betrayed and I felt that some people didn’t want me here, not just this season, but the last,” said the advanced, anticipating a television interview that will be broadcast on English television on Wednesday.
According to the 37-year-old striker, “it’s not just the coach”, Erik ten Hag, who doesn’t want him in the squad, but also “two or three at the club”, later clarifying that he was referring to drivers, to get that feeling ” betray”.
The striker was omitted from the Red Devils’ last two games and is now preparing to travel to Qatar with the Portugal team, which he captains, for the 2022 World Cup.
In total, this season is 16 games and three goals for the English club, after scoring 24 goals in 38 meetings in 2021/22, the season of his return to Manchester.
In the lengthy interview, he stated that he had no respect for the coach considering that he disrespected him.
“I have no respect because he does not respect me. If you do not respect me, I will never respect you,” he said.
The lack of improvements in facilities and advancements in technology are other shortcomings the striker has found.
“I have not seen any progress at the club since Alex Ferguson left, no progress has been made. (…) The gym, the pool… they are stuck in time, which surprised me a lot,” he complained . .
The criticism extended to Ralf Rangnick, one of three coaches he met in Manchester during this second spell.
“If you’re not even a manager, how can you be the leader of Manchester United? I’d never heard of him,” he said.
Cristiano Ronaldo also complains of “lack of empathy” towards him, as he lost one of his children to the birth of Georgina Rodríguez, with only one of the twins being born, and that the club is trying to portray him as “the black sheep “. of the squad.
Those who ‘escape’ from criticism are the supporters of the English. “They are the most important thing in football and you play for them. They are always on my side, they are everything to me. That’s why I gave this interview, it’s the right time to say what I think,” added he to it. .
This has been a ‘problematic’ season for the Madeiran ‘star’, who returned to United, where he first played between 2003 and 2009, following spells at Real Madrid (2009-2018) and Juventus (2018-2021), after he started his career. career at Sporting.
In the summer, his possible departure from the club was the main talking point in the transfer market and if that fell through, he promised to give an interview to clarify the matter.
Since then his appearance on the field has been mixed, between the start, the substitution bench and the absence of the called-up players, such as when he was removed from first team training for abandoning a game that was still in progress, because he had refused to be a plaything. to replace. used.
With 191 appearances for the Portuguese main team and 117 goals, he adds 145 goals for Manchester United, in 346 games, 451 for Real Madrid, in ‘only’ 438 games, and five for Sporting, in 31 games.
Source: DN
